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Monday, April 23, 2007
The inside story of the Soviet downfall The Crusader: Ronald Reagan & the Fall of Communism
by Wes Vernon: Bit-by-bit there has emerged a large body of evidence that this "amiable dunce [as one powerful fixture of Washington's Georgetown establishment called him]" had worked through back channels around the world in a series of events that led to the end of the Cold War. Comes now The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism, the first time so many of the pieces to the puzzle of the wiley Gipper's back-channel maneuvering have ended up between the covers of one book. This is not to denigrate previous offerings with some of the same information (other books and a 1998 TV documentary). But this is by far the most complete account. And author Paul Kengor, a political science professor at Grove City College has done some serious digging, including new information and interesting angles that put previously known facts in clearer perspective. The secret plan gets underway ... [Read More] Check Out: The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism Tags:book review, Paul Kengor, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, The Crusader, Wes VernonTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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by Wes Vernon: Bit-by-bit there has emerged a large body of evidence that this "amiable dunce [as one powerful fixture of Washington's Georgetown establishment called him]" had worked through back channels around the world in a series of events that led to the end of the Cold War. Comes now The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism 
, the first time so many of the pieces to the puzzle of the wiley Gipper's back-channel maneuvering have ended up between the covers of one book. This is not to denigrate previous offerings with some of the same information (other books and a 1998 TV documentary). But this is by far the most complete account. And author Paul Kengor, a political science professor at Grove City College has done some serious digging, including new information and interesting angles that put previously known facts in clearer perspective. The secret plan gets underway ... [Read More] Check Out: The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism 
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